Weekend Round Up May 17, 2018

May 17, 2018

Among the outdoor activities this weekend are: Bike to Work Day, with a pit stop event at Georgetown Waterfront Park, on Friday; and a C&O Canal Pride Day at Fifteenmile Creek on Saturday.

The National Museum of African Art: An Incomparable Treasure

May 16, 2018

It’s not possible to understand Western art in the 20thcentury without African art. In fact, that is probably an understatement. Without African art, there would be no 20th-century art as […]

Summer Arts Preview: Visual Arts


RALPH STEADMAN: A RETROSPECTIVE American University Museum at the Katzen June 16 – August 12 The upcoming Ralph Steadman retrospective at the American University Museum will offer a glimpse into […]

Weekend Round Up May 10, 2018

May 10, 2018

This Saturday, May 12, the day before Mother’s Day, the 90th Georgetown Garden Tour will feature eight exquisite gardens with varying styles, scale and intriguing histories.

Outdoor Art Exhibit Takes Over Rose Park

May 8, 2018

Kiril Jeliazkov has planted 81 pieces of his huge outdoor artwork project — “The Orange Step” — into the grounds of Rose Park and parts of Massachusetts Avenue.

Jackson Shows Off Its Art and Artists

May 7, 2018

The jazzy harmony of bass, flute, voice and trombone in Reginald Cyntje’s quartet (he’s the trombonist) in the second-floor corridor of the Georgetown art center impressed the Sunday arts lovers.

Embassies Open Doors for Passport DC


This year, 50 embassies participated in the May 5 “Around the World Embassy Tour” with open houses, exhibits, food and entertainment. 

African Art Museum Is Focus of June 7 Breakfast


Augustus (Gus) Casely-Hayford, the new director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, will speak at the George Town Club as part of Georgetown Media Group’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series, sponsored by Bonhams.

Weekend Round Up May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018

What will you celebrate this Saturday, May 5: the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby at the Willard’s Bonnets & Bow Ties party or Karl Marx’s 200th birthday at the Goethe-Institut?

At National Museum of Women in the Arts: ‘Women House’

May 1, 2018

On view through May 28, “Women House” presents work spanning nearly a century by 36 artists, including Judy Chicago, Miriam Schapiro, Louise Bourgeois, Mona Hatoum, Cindy Sherman, Martha Rosler and Claude Cahun.